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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1940-11-13

1940-11-13-001

T/ie First Thanksgiving
- There is again a difference of opinion as to the date on-
wfiich Thanksgiving day should be celebrate_d. If the truly
thankful spirit exists, such differences do not count a great
deal. The main thing is to make it a real day of Thanksgiving.
It is one characteristic of our ungrateful human race
that the.more blessings they have, the more they seem unconscious of them. The story of the first Thanksgiving illustrates this truth. When the pilgrim fathers landed at
Plymouth, Mass., there were only 102 in their little company.
They set foot on that cold shore in the dead of winter, December 20, when it was impossible to raise any kind of a
crop for months to come. Within four months 44 of them
died of disease or lack of sufficient food. They had to conceal their deaths, so the~ hovering Indians would not know
how weak they were and descend on the feeble remnant
with scalping knives and tomahawks. . ,
When the summer came, they were able to raise a fair
corp, which made it probable they could live through one
more winter. In their joy at that very limited and uncertain-prospect, they observed the first day of Thanksgiving
to God.
What a little thing that was to be thankful for, according to the big ideas of our time! They had no comforts,
only the most primitive tools with whicn. to work, they were
far from help from their former homes, their future.was
dark and gloomy at the best. But just because they saw
enough food to last through one more winter, they sang
psalms and were full of good cheer.
What a lesson to us in our time, as we enjoy life,.surrounded by so many comforts, with~a wealth of amusements
and opportunity oifered us. We have 1000 times more than
the,piigrim fathers. Yet they thanked God, while we
usuauy pass tne day over witn scarcely a thought.
VOL. 18—No. 3
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1940
$1.50 PER YEAR-
New Books. Art,
Honor National
Book Week Here
Poster Display, Oil and Water
Color Paintings and Gingerbread House With Candy
Trim on Exhibit
Rotary Guest of
Carrollton Thursday
NatioriaLUnity
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Now that the heat and turmoil of" the political campaign is over, the American people should try to achieve
unity. They should forget their differences, make mutual
concessions, and present a solid front to ail their possible
foes. -"
The nations* that look with hostility on the United
States will hope to see the political dissension of the past
few months continue. If possible, they would be glad'to
.plant further seeds of discord. It. very thing that tends to
prevent effective action by our government and our industries is glorious news for them.
The American people are united in their fundamental
.ideas. They believe in democracy, and have no use for any
dictator government. They are opposed to the things Adoif
•. Hitler is trying to do in Europe. They are equally set
against the things the Japanese government is trying to do
in Asia.
Our people are determined not to enter the wars of
Europe and Asia. The great majority believe- in the present
policy of aiding Britain by selling such munitions to that
country as can be spared from our own defense needs.
1 We need harmony between government and business.
' Business should be wiling to adjust its policies to satisfy the
people and obey the spirit of the laws. The government
should not place restrictions on business that make it hard
. to. expand defense production and employ labor. People
should be tolerant with those who think differently from
.themselves. Let us all try to pull together and reach a
state of national strength that we shall be safe from attack.
Rev. Geyer Speaker at Annual
Rural-Urban Program
North Canton Rotarians will attend the Inter-City Meeting of the
Kotary at Carrollton-Thursday evening. The men will meet at the
Shafer-Messerly Drug store at 5-Stand go as a group to the meeting.
There will be no meeting in North
Canton. Two members of the Carrollton club were present at the last
meeting of the Rotary to extend a
personal invitation to the club,to
attend the meeting.
Seventy-five members and guests
attended the last meeting of the
club which was the annual Rural-
Urban meeting. Rev. Tennyson
Geyer of Celina, speaker for the
evening, was introduced. by . Park
Surbey, program chairman..
Rev. Geyer spoke on ' "Blue
Prints for Tomorrow." "We must
build a true foundation for our
lives," he said, "and service must
be our motto. It's good business to
give service. We need to "go thai
second mile today. Many people,"
he declared, "will do the expected
but are afraid to do the unexpected. If life is to be happy and prosperous we must do the unexpected.
We must develop the spirit of
America in ourWeryday activities.
"Be able to "see the bright side of
life," he advised. "There is a need
to cement feelings, to heal human
difficulties and we can all help."
Continuing along the line of
thanksgiving he said, "We have
much to live for. Yet we are unthankful. We must accept what has
been wrought in the past and aspire to new heights in the future.
We must build a greater structure
that will stand when we are gone,
for the good of posterity."
Special music for the
Relief of Suffering
The world is full of suffering. The hatreds and wars of
men lay great countries in the dust, and submit their people
to untold agony. Terrible disasters, which human wisdom
*■' can neither foresee nor prevent, lay low the cities and homes
of our people. The unseen germs of disease enter every one
• of our homes, and lay millions on beds of sickness. There is
. also suffering due to the failure of the people to learn the
methods by which disease perils can be averted.
Then there are the poor and the destitute, the folks
suffering from unemployment. What are kind hearted
people gojng to do with all the misery that human life develops? .Shall we go our way-serenely, as if these troubles
• do not interest us, and shall we do nothing to relieve them?
. It is not always possible for the average person to do
a great deal by his own personal effort to relieve this suffering. But there is an organization covering the whole
country, the American Red Cross, which offers to do this
work for us. It sends its messengers of mercy and aid all
"over the land, wherever disaster has fallen with its crushing hand. " ~
■:- ;. It-reaches out across the seas and feeds the British
.- people,^wh6se homes have been destroyed by cruel bombs.
It provides clothing for those who are shivering in wintry
winds. It nurses the wounded, whose bodies have been torn
by the'bombs of hell.
In "our own country it is alert to*succor the victims of
misfortune. If floods sweep away homes, the Red Cross is
there" with tents and food and nursing and clothing. If fire
or tornado levels a city to the ground, there is the Red Cross
caring.for all in need.
-r The Red Cross holds its annual roll call, seeking to enlist millions. of new members, from Armistice day to November 30. Will you not join?
Hansel and Gretel and a real
Gmgeib.ead house tiimmed with
cake i-ostmg and cai.dy sit m all
tneir glory on tne taole ol tne
cxuidrens reading room oi the <_om-
muiu.y library, celebrating in tne.r
storybook way .National Hooa wee*-.
Youngsters wno come to the lib.ary
may look insiae the house tmougn
a peek hole and see tne chaiacte.s
oi the book in various positions
while over in the corner of th-
main room stands a gum drop tree.
ah this conce-ns the sto-*y ot
Hansel and uretei, told last week
in the story hour. Around the juve-
nue room aie scattered in bright
array tiurty new books, among
tuem tne story of HumDie Hear,
r-ea-o, My i*'_rst Ho.se, The ifie-
tend ruppy, and the lovely Christmas story of Kersti and St. Nicholas.
For the intermediate readers
there are tnirty new books for both
boys and girls in a w*de variety oi
topics. The gins may enjoy "This
way ±*lease," a book on etiquette
and tne boys should like equally
wed "Flight Seven." A numDer oi
books ±rom the more popular series
are on the new list and some of the
.avor.te authors have new books
there.
School children of the intermediate age ±rom both the public and
parociual scnools have made posters lor Book Week and more than
a hundied oi these are on dispiay
m the room upstairs. The chiioien
are judging wmen. are the best and
the wmner ol eacn group will be
announced at the end ol the week,
bixty new books lor adults include Ernest Hemingways book,
"For Whom the Bell Toasi" it it.
the story oi a young American and
a Spanish gill m the Spanish Civil
war and covers four chaotic days
m their lives. "Invitation to Live"
by Lloyd Douglas is another.of the
new ones certain to lind a wide audience and the 7th of the White
oak series, "White Oak Heritage"
is on the list.
In the non-fiction group is the
book "idle Money, idle Men" by
_>tuart Chase, a survey and discussion of leading issues in the economic world; "Buckeye Country," a
pageant 6*35*.Ohio by fiariah -Hatcher; "Tne Best Plays oi 19_.9-40,"
collected by Mantle, the play "Jupiter i-aughs" by the well'known
author, a. J. Cronin, a recent play
by Robert Sherwood, "Tnere- -Snail
be No Night"; "Winter in Arabia,"
"Wings at My Window," and many
otner s.milar books.
All of the books will remain on
display this weekend go into circulation on Saturday. In connection
with the whole library program,
Clyde Singer of Malvern has on
dispiay a number of water color*,
and oil paintings in scenery and
^ofwXesday evening the li- 0.1.611.3 Chill MCetS
brary board and school faculty
held an informal meeting at the library to demonstrate the uses of
the library with the school work
and to serve as a get-together for
the two groups.
World's 3rd Biggest Span Collapses
TACOMA, WASH.—The above soundphoto shows the Tacoma
Narrows Bridge as it started to disintergrate and fall 190 feet into
Fuget Sound. Note the car on the bridge which was abandoned by
it's occupants as the bridge began to collapse.
Gavel Glub Organized
Mrs. Geo. Henderson reader
of Group for First xear
Past presidsnts of the North
Canton Woman's club were entertained last week at the home of
Miss Esta Stoner. Plans were made
ma a <ri-»-. u *«• ii~ *— , Program [ for frequent meetings of the group,
Zll^Zf1 fe JianIyn 22? LaVerne which will be known as -the "Gavel
Club" of the North Canton Woman's club.
The meetings, which will be informal and of an advisory and social nature, will be headed for the
first year by Mrs. George Henderson. Those who were present at the
first meeting were Mrs. Roy Fry,
Mrs. Wilma Gougler, Mrs. Ralph
Vogt, Miss Ethel Brown, Mrs. Foster Crawford, Mrs. Beth Shorb,
Mrs. Glen Nelson, and Mrs. George
Henderson.
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Woman Discusses
Hobby at Meeting
Hahn of Freeburg, "The Minor
Notes" who entertained with selections on their steel guitars.
Charles Carper, president of the
club welcomed the visitors and C.
C. Holl" and Dr. H. E. Corl of Middlebranch assisted Mr. Surbey with
the program.
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Jugglers on Assembly
Program Friday
Jean King and Delores Kintz '
Given Citizenship Awards
Judge Harter was the speaker at
the Armistice day tfjsembly held at
high school Monday afternoon. He
spoke in the "Significance of Armistice Day." Otis Jester, commander
of the American Legion post in-
trodtitee^:',£Ee>spe"ake5r'„to' the students.
* A. J. Schneider, history instructor, presented citizenship awards to
Jean King of the public schools and
Delores Kintz of the parochial
school for outstanding achievement
in citizenship for 1939-40. Another
award will be given for 1940-19-1.
Rev. Norman Emch addressed
the student body in assembly Wednesday and the final assembly program for the week will be, Friday
afternoon when "The Juggler" w.ll
present a sleight-of-hand performance. •
Mrs. Roosevelt Due
In Canton Sunday
To Discuss Relationship of
Individual to Community
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
appear in Canton Sunday afternoon at the First Christian church
as the first of a series of four
speakers on the Town Hall Forum
by the Canton Jewish Center.
Mrs. Roosevelt is scheduled to
speak on "The Relationship of the
Individual to the Community. Her
many trips around the country
studying social conditions of all
classes of people well qualify her
for this -topic and her ability to
present her subject should make
the program entertaining as well
as informative.
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Study Club Meeting
Thursday Evening
Rebecca Class Members
Hear Talk on Ohio Authors
^peaking before , the Rebecca
cla>»s- at the Zion Reformed church'
Thursday evening, Mrs. Oliver
Kuhn. of New Baltimore. Ohio ably
discussed * six Ohio authors who
have gained natiop wide fame for
their works.
Mrs. Kuhn, who makes the study
of Ohio Authors her hebby, drew a
word picture of the' author*-, three
men and three women, tel'ing of i
their birthplace, and their lives ard
the work thev have done. Many of
the places which she described she
High School Gets
Landscaping
Classes of 1940, 1941 Vote
Funds for Shrubbery
Landscaping which was started
on the North Canton high school
grounds last week is being carried
out through the efforts of the classes of 1940 and 1941.
The class of 1940 furnished funds
for the purchase of 32 pieces of
shrubbery to be planted across the
front of the center section of the
scaping across the entire front of
the building, the class of '41 voted
an additional sum of money to supply the rest of the evergreens which
will be planted shortly. Ray Swope
was adviser of the 1940 class and
the officers were James Jester,
president and Jean Berger, secretary. A. J. Schneider is sponsor
for this year's class and the officers are Max Rehrer, president and
Ann Wolf, secretary.
New Officers Installed
Woman's Club
Celebrates Jubilee
Meeting Scheduled for 15th
Changed to Mon., Nov. 18
North Canton Woman's club wiil
hold its regular meeting Monday
evening at the Community Christian church at 8 o'clock instead of
Friday as was originally announced. It will be an open meeting and
guests are welcome to attend the
program which will be celebrating
the Golden Jubilee anniversary of
the Federation of Woman's clubs,
in America.
A silver offering will be taken
during the evening as the club's
contribution to the general federation fund. The program for the evening will be the dramatization
"America Sneaks" by Mrs. Beth
Shorb. She will be assisted by a
quartette composed of Evelyn Chenot, Josephine Brong, Beulah Wis-
mewski, and Genevieve Richards,
Thelma Earl as violinist, and Clar
Dramatic Club
to Present
3-Act Comedy
"Nothing But the Truth,"
First Production of Year
for High School Actors to
Be Given Wednesday Eve.
goods goods were on sale the eaity
goods were on sale the early
part of the week in the Halle store
Mrs. K. E. Sauter and Mrs. Wilbur Howe are co-chairmen of thp
meeting and receptionists are Mrs.
Ralph Young and Mrs. Wilma
Gougler. Mrs. E. J. Cathon is coffee chairman.
Legion Auxiliary
Plans Rummage Sale
Seventy-Six Guests Attend
Annual Armistice Party
Members of the American Legion
, .,,. _ , ._ . . ,, i Auxiliary are planning a rummage
building and also provided for the sale to be held November 26 in Can-
labor in planting the evergreens, ton. Any person who has any ar-
Mr. Horton supervised the planting tides for the sale is asked to brin-*
which was done late la*t w-ek them to the Legion home or to call
In order to complete the land-1 Mrs. Elmer Miller or Mrs. Dan
Roush to have the things collected.
Aiso on November 26, Auxiliary
members will meet at the home of
Mrs. Elmer Miller to sew for the
Red Cfoss.
The County Council will meet at
Louisville November 28, with the
next meeting of the local group
scheduled for the early part of December. A membership of 43 has
been obtained by the Auxiliary,
with five more needed to complete
their quota of 48.
Seventy-six persons attended the
ann-^^^Axmistic^^pot luck d^r<*:
Eldon Cuttler to Address
Fraternity at Dinner
Mrs. Cossaboom to Discuss
"Religion in the Home"
Grade School Mother's Study
club will hold its second meeting, of
the year Thursday evening at 8
o'clock in the lunch room of the
high school building. '
Mrs. M. A. Cossaboom, speaker
for the evening will discuss "Religion in the Home" and Mrs. Ward
Mathie will present several piano
selections.
Following the business meeting a
social hour with refreshments will
be held. Hostesses for the evening
will be Mrs. W". M. Streby, Mrs.
Kenneth Smith, and Mrs: O. Wallace. All mothers of grade school
or kindergarten pupils are urged to
attend.
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P. T. A. Asks Aid
Due to the urgent need for clothing for school children the Parent-
Teachers association is asking any
person who has any useful--; garments they do not need to send
them to the grade school .for distribution to^-the needy children. Anv
contribution to the association foi
this work will be greatly appreciated.
Members - Discuss Various
Types of Projects
The November meeting of the
North Canton Cinema club was!
held at the home of Walter Trott.
The evening was spent discussing
and testing various types of projectors. Pictures shown during the
evening were those taken by Mr.
and Mrs. Trott on their vacation
trip to Washington, D. C. and
Marietta.
The next meeting of the club will
be held December 6 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wearstler.
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Girls Present Recital
Marilyn Weaver, Julia Faye
Stroup, and Janet Immel will present a piano recital at the Canton
Woman's club Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock. The girls are students of
Mrs. Helen Karlowsky.
Alpha Gamma, local chapter of
Phalanx fraternity, will install new
officers at a dinner meeting Thursday evening in Lemmons Cottage
in Canton. Jack Coughlin will be
the installing officer.
New officers-, who will assume
. r _.. their duties at the next meeting
has visited in person, ard in cases will be Tom Slusser, primus; Clar-
where the author is still living, she ence Puchy, pro-primus; Orville
has. personal data obtained fromiM'rer, tribune; ar.d George Ross,
them. quaester.
Mrs. Beth Shorb introduced the Eldon Cuttler, head of the Na-
speaker, and hostesses for the eve-1 tional Youth administration in this
ring were Mrs. Ada McCaman,' district will be the speaker for the
chairman, Mrs. Ruth_Snyder, Mrs. evening.
Clara Bausher, Mrs. Hazel Mrssen
heimer, Mrs. Ida Stark, Mrs. Edna
Sell, Mrs. Ethel Stover, Mrs. Cleora
Fohl, Mrs. Frances Henthorne, Mrs.
Henrv Miller. Mrs. Arthur Getz,
and Mrs. R. H. Getz.
Classes Get Suits
Girls in the North Carton high
school gym classes will shortly become the first girls in the history
of the school to have uniform gym
attire. *
The new suits which have been
ordered will be white sports shirts
and navy trunks with pleatsd skirt
effect. The classes are being organized for inter class games with
class varsities and at the corclu-
sion of the season of each game a
tournament will be held by the
class teams.
Trachsel to Attend Meeting
R. E. Trachsel, superintendent of
North Canton schools, will attend
the monthly meeting of the Ohio
High School Principal's association
at Mt. Union college this Saturday.
The program for the meeting will
include a discussion of the 1940
Evaluative Criteria materials, a
plan set up for the evaluation of
secondary schools in Ohio.
matine_-~ann6unced
The management of the Park
Theatre announces a matinee performance to be given on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, Nov. 21.
In the first Wahoo contest held
at the theatre Saturday evening,
11 persons were prize winners. The
contest is held each Saturday and
started last week, instead of the
dates previously mentioned.
The dramatic club of the North
Canton high school will present
"Nothing But the Truth," a three
act comedv, at the school building
Wednesday evening, Nov. 20. and
a matinee performance at • the
school Tuesday afternoon. - -
The play, directed by A. Clark
Miller, is the story of _a man who
o-. /-----.v. "" ". *-*•" >"«"•- bet ten thousand dollars that he
wow^r.0^sl^um!ner-Mfs'CIark co^d make money on the stock
nJSL director and accom-1 market by telling nothing but the
*™f _.,., I truth. The bet was to cover-a peri-
The Philanthropic committee will °d of 24 hours and during that time
also start its annual Blind Goods the man, namely Bcb Bennet, -goes
e - *^'-cles ma&e by blind per-1 through a number of tryingexperi-
sons m Ohio at this meeting, put- ences. To make the situation even
j _ arJicles on display. These 'more tense, the money which*, he
_ j ket had been placed in his care to
double for the use of charity.
There are two casts for the play
and the two w**ho will take the-part
of Bennet are Jack Weinhart and
Dick DeMuesy. Norma Dolvin and
Lucille Drukenbrod.will taken the
part of Gwendolyn Ralston, the
lady who gives.Bennet the money.
Other characters, include Van
Duesen, Ralston and Donnelly,
partners in a brokerage. Richard
Claypool and Junior McCue are
Van Duesen, Tom Schick and Bill
Cossaboom as Mr.. Ralston, and
Paul Schwaliie as Donnelly.
l% Sch'emmsr will take the
part of Bishop Doran, Margaret
Livingston and Martha Jean Ober-"'
lin as Ethel Clark, a New York
aristocrat, Jeanre Moore and Mari-
a« IH lps ai ^rs- -Boston, Mari-
!o M*2 and ,Betty Jane. Huprieh
as Mable, and Mary Allen and
Doris Trachsel as Sable, two gold
diggers.
"Nothing But the Truth" is a
well known play which had a successful run on Boadway several
seasons ago.
Mrs. Shorb Speaker at
Junior Woman's Club
and
Gives Review ;of Life
Poetry of Jesse Stuart
Mrs. Beth Shorb.was the guest
speaker at the meeting, of. the
■a%ffwss-sa-s_^^*s[^ffi_«_si_?
building Monday evening. Music
for the evening was furnished by
the German band, and the evening
was spent in group singing, viewing-pictures ot Old Mexico shown
by Mr. Miller and playing games.
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Hi-Y Mambership
Drive to End
Losers Will Treat Winners
To Steak Dinner Monday
Junior and Senior Hi-Y's will
conclude a membership drive next
Monday evening at a joint meeting
when the club gaining the most
new members will be served a steak
dinner by the losers.
The drive was started three
weeks ago and will be cor.cluded at
the Monday meeting. Glenn Galloway, member of the Junior club is
in charge of the contest and Lawrence Bishop, social chairman, will
make arrangements for the dinner.
Saturday evening Hi-Y members
will attend an all county skating
party at the Land "O Dance. It will
be a guest affair and Lawrence
Bishop is in charge of the tickets.
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Harrison to Speak
Charles Harrison, comptroller of
the Hoover Co., will be the speaker
at the meeting of the Canton Industrial club in the Canton Y. M
C. A. Tuesday, Nov. 19. His topic
will be "Office in Industry."
Annual Entertainment Festival Opens Here Friday Evening
Program of Light and Serious Selections to be Presented by Highly Trained Mixed Quartette; Future Presentations
to Include Lecturer, Magician and Three Act Comedy
Musical entertainment of the
songs well known and loved by the
average American audience will be
on the program'to be presented at
the Community building Friday
evening when the Knickerbocker
mixed quartette presents the first
of a series of four entertainments
here.
The singers come highly recommended.for their ability to provide
an evening of excellent entertainment and enjoyment. All of them
have had superior training and
have ably proved themseives capable of blending their voices harmoniously in both light and serious
music.
Season tickets for this performance and "the other three to follow
will be on sale for the last time
Thursday and Friday at the Community building where they will be
exchanged for reserve seat tickets.
Tickets for- single performances
will be on sale only on the evening of the performance at the
door.
' The second group of the series,
which will be presented November
22, will be Max K. Gilstrap, the
whistling ranger who will lecture
on the natural parks in the United
States. Mr. Gilstrap is well suited
to this topic, having'spent several
Knickerbocker Quartette, Opening Feature
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years as a national ranger in the
Grand Canyon National park.
On November 29, Raymond
Scheetz will present his magician
show, using both new and old
tricks in a setting which will baffle
even the most sophisticated audience. He wil be aided by his wife
and an assistant in some of the
more difficult tricks on this program which is one trick after another.
Last on the series of programs
is the Broadway production, "The
Big Pond" to be presented December 6. This is a fast moving comedy designed entirely for enjoyment
without a serious thought in it. It
is the story of an American Heiress, courted by a French courier
and a young American employed
by her father's firm. The tale _ of
the various escapades and the indignation of the father are laughter provoking from begirning to
end. The play has had successful
runs in New York and Chicago and
promises to be equally successful
on this tour. . .
These programs, sponsored oy
the Community building, with proceeds te go to the Band association,
have proved highly entertaining at
other performarces and are deserving of the best support which the
community can offer. -
munity building Monday^evening.
She told the story of how the
Unknown Soldier was chosen for
one part of her program and chose
for her main topic "The Life and
Poetry of Jesse Stuart." Her talk
was in large effect a review of the
book, "Beyond Dark Hills,"- Stuarts
own autobiography. In it she told
of his hard life among -the hills of
Kentucky, how he had to work for
his education and the trouble he
had had in gaining recognition for
the work which he did.
In conclusion Mrs. Shorb recited
some of the poetry which -Stuart
has written and which gained him
nationwide acclaim.
During the business meeting it
was decided to change the time of
the meetings from 8 o'clock to 7:30.
A cabinet meeting will be held
Wednesday evening at the home of
Gertrude Myer in the Park Theatre
building.
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Fire Destroys
Automobile Monday
Blaze Believed to Have Started from Ignition Switch
Fire which was believed to have
started from a short in the ignition
switch destroyed all but the motor
of the automobile of Peter .Lam-
brou early Monday mornirii*r. -
Mr. Lambrou had put the automobile in the garage early Surday
evening. During the night it caught
on fire and was discovered burning
at 1:30 a. m. Mondav. The automobile was hastily nulled out of the-
p-araee and the North Canton fire
department summoned. However
the blaze was well started and little
could be done to save the auto. The
garage was not damaged.
The fire department answered
another call last Friday to a house
owned by Ben Davis and Ira
Downs on the corner of 31st St. and
Root ave. The fire was a small
blaze in the attic which was extinguished before the fire department
arrived.
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Aultman Farmer Faces
Old Murder Charge
Recent Arrest for Theft
Results in Discovery
Jess Thacker, Aultman farmer,
was returned to Raleigh county in
West. Va. Saturday to face-charges
on first degree murder for a crime
committed five years ago.
He came to attention of authorities several weeks ago when he was
arrested on charges" ,of theft in
Stark county. He was later released
but investigation resulting from the
arrest led to his rearrest on the
murder charges.
Raleigh county authorities have
charged Thacker with shooting-
Robert Winston resulting from' a
quarrel over a chicken theft, on
June 8, 1935. Following the shooting Thacker fled the state and is
believed to have come to Stark
county where he has been living ^or
the past five years.
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T/ie First Thanksgiving
- There is again a difference of opinion as to the date on-
wfiich Thanksgiving day should be celebrate_d. If the truly
thankful spirit exists, such differences do not count a great
deal. The main thing is to make it a real day of Thanksgiving.
It is one characteristic of our ungrateful human race
that the.more blessings they have, the more they seem unconscious of them. The story of the first Thanksgiving illustrates this truth. When the pilgrim fathers landed at
Plymouth, Mass., there were only 102 in their little company.
They set foot on that cold shore in the dead of winter, December 20, when it was impossible to raise any kind of a
crop for months to come. Within four months 44 of them
died of disease or lack of sufficient food. They had to conceal their deaths, so the~ hovering Indians would not know
how weak they were and descend on the feeble remnant
with scalping knives and tomahawks. . ,
When the summer came, they were able to raise a fair
corp, which made it probable they could live through one
more winter. In their joy at that very limited and uncertain-prospect, they observed the first day of Thanksgiving
to God.
What a little thing that was to be thankful for, according to the big ideas of our time! They had no comforts,
only the most primitive tools with whicn. to work, they were
far from help from their former homes, their future.was
dark and gloomy at the best. But just because they saw
enough food to last through one more winter, they sang
psalms and were full of good cheer.
What a lesson to us in our time, as we enjoy life,.surrounded by so many comforts, with~a wealth of amusements
and opportunity oifered us. We have 1000 times more than
the,piigrim fathers. Yet they thanked God, while we
usuauy pass tne day over witn scarcely a thought.
VOL. 18—No. 3
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1940
$1.50 PER YEAR-
New Books. Art,
Honor National
Book Week Here
Poster Display, Oil and Water
Color Paintings and Gingerbread House With Candy
Trim on Exhibit
Rotary Guest of
Carrollton Thursday
NatioriaLUnity
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Now that the heat and turmoil of" the political campaign is over, the American people should try to achieve
unity. They should forget their differences, make mutual
concessions, and present a solid front to ail their possible
foes. -"
The nations* that look with hostility on the United
States will hope to see the political dissension of the past
few months continue. If possible, they would be glad'to
.plant further seeds of discord. It. very thing that tends to
prevent effective action by our government and our industries is glorious news for them.
The American people are united in their fundamental
.ideas. They believe in democracy, and have no use for any
dictator government. They are opposed to the things Adoif
•. Hitler is trying to do in Europe. They are equally set
against the things the Japanese government is trying to do
in Asia.
Our people are determined not to enter the wars of
Europe and Asia. The great majority believe- in the present
policy of aiding Britain by selling such munitions to that
country as can be spared from our own defense needs.
1 We need harmony between government and business.
' Business should be wiling to adjust its policies to satisfy the
people and obey the spirit of the laws. The government
should not place restrictions on business that make it hard
. to. expand defense production and employ labor. People
should be tolerant with those who think differently from
.themselves. Let us all try to pull together and reach a
state of national strength that we shall be safe from attack.
Rev. Geyer Speaker at Annual
Rural-Urban Program
North Canton Rotarians will attend the Inter-City Meeting of the
Kotary at Carrollton-Thursday evening. The men will meet at the
Shafer-Messerly Drug store at 5-Stand go as a group to the meeting.
There will be no meeting in North
Canton. Two members of the Carrollton club were present at the last
meeting of the Rotary to extend a
personal invitation to the club,to
attend the meeting.
Seventy-five members and guests
attended the last meeting of the
club which was the annual Rural-
Urban meeting. Rev. Tennyson
Geyer of Celina, speaker for the
evening, was introduced. by . Park
Surbey, program chairman..
Rev. Geyer spoke on ' "Blue
Prints for Tomorrow." "We must
build a true foundation for our
lives," he said, "and service must
be our motto. It's good business to
give service. We need to "go thai
second mile today. Many people,"
he declared, "will do the expected
but are afraid to do the unexpected. If life is to be happy and prosperous we must do the unexpected.
We must develop the spirit of
America in ourWeryday activities.
"Be able to "see the bright side of
life," he advised. "There is a need
to cement feelings, to heal human
difficulties and we can all help."
Continuing along the line of
thanksgiving he said, "We have
much to live for. Yet we are unthankful. We must accept what has
been wrought in the past and aspire to new heights in the future.
We must build a greater structure
that will stand when we are gone,
for the good of posterity."
Special music for the
Relief of Suffering
The world is full of suffering. The hatreds and wars of
men lay great countries in the dust, and submit their people
to untold agony. Terrible disasters, which human wisdom
*■' can neither foresee nor prevent, lay low the cities and homes
of our people. The unseen germs of disease enter every one
• of our homes, and lay millions on beds of sickness. There is
. also suffering due to the failure of the people to learn the
methods by which disease perils can be averted.
Then there are the poor and the destitute, the folks
suffering from unemployment. What are kind hearted
people gojng to do with all the misery that human life develops? .Shall we go our way-serenely, as if these troubles
• do not interest us, and shall we do nothing to relieve them?
. It is not always possible for the average person to do
a great deal by his own personal effort to relieve this suffering. But there is an organization covering the whole
country, the American Red Cross, which offers to do this
work for us. It sends its messengers of mercy and aid all
"over the land, wherever disaster has fallen with its crushing hand. " ~
■:- ;. It-reaches out across the seas and feeds the British
.- people,^wh6se homes have been destroyed by cruel bombs.
It provides clothing for those who are shivering in wintry
winds. It nurses the wounded, whose bodies have been torn
by the'bombs of hell.
In "our own country it is alert to*succor the victims of
misfortune. If floods sweep away homes, the Red Cross is
there" with tents and food and nursing and clothing. If fire
or tornado levels a city to the ground, there is the Red Cross
caring.for all in need.
-r The Red Cross holds its annual roll call, seeking to enlist millions. of new members, from Armistice day to November 30. Will you not join?
Hansel and Gretel and a real
Gmgeib.ead house tiimmed with
cake i-ostmg and cai.dy sit m all
tneir glory on tne taole ol tne
cxuidrens reading room oi the tuart Chase, a survey and discussion of leading issues in the economic world; "Buckeye Country," a
pageant 6*35*.Ohio by fiariah -Hatcher; "Tne Best Plays oi 19_.9-40,"
collected by Mantle, the play "Jupiter i-aughs" by the well'known
author, a. J. Cronin, a recent play
by Robert Sherwood, "Tnere- -Snail
be No Night"; "Winter in Arabia,"
"Wings at My Window," and many
otner s.milar books.
All of the books will remain on
display this weekend go into circulation on Saturday. In connection
with the whole library program,
Clyde Singer of Malvern has on
dispiay a number of water color*,
and oil paintings in scenery and
^ofwXesday evening the li- 0.1.611.3 Chill MCetS
brary board and school faculty
held an informal meeting at the library to demonstrate the uses of
the library with the school work
and to serve as a get-together for
the two groups.
World's 3rd Biggest Span Collapses
TACOMA, WASH.—The above soundphoto shows the Tacoma
Narrows Bridge as it started to disintergrate and fall 190 feet into
Fuget Sound. Note the car on the bridge which was abandoned by
it's occupants as the bridge began to collapse.
Gavel Glub Organized
Mrs. Geo. Henderson reader
of Group for First xear
Past presidsnts of the North
Canton Woman's club were entertained last week at the home of
Miss Esta Stoner. Plans were made
ma a spe"ake5r'„to' the students.
* A. J. Schneider, history instructor, presented citizenship awards to
Jean King of the public schools and
Delores Kintz of the parochial
school for outstanding achievement
in citizenship for 1939-40. Another
award will be given for 1940-19-1.
Rev. Norman Emch addressed
the student body in assembly Wednesday and the final assembly program for the week will be, Friday
afternoon when "The Juggler" w.ll
present a sleight-of-hand performance. •
Mrs. Roosevelt Due
In Canton Sunday
To Discuss Relationship of
Individual to Community
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will
appear in Canton Sunday afternoon at the First Christian church
as the first of a series of four
speakers on the Town Hall Forum
by the Canton Jewish Center.
Mrs. Roosevelt is scheduled to
speak on "The Relationship of the
Individual to the Community. Her
many trips around the country
studying social conditions of all
classes of people well qualify her
for this -topic and her ability to
present her subject should make
the program entertaining as well
as informative.
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Study Club Meeting
Thursday Evening
Rebecca Class Members
Hear Talk on Ohio Authors
^peaking before , the Rebecca
cla>»s- at the Zion Reformed church'
Thursday evening, Mrs. Oliver
Kuhn. of New Baltimore. Ohio ably
discussed * six Ohio authors who
have gained natiop wide fame for
their works.
Mrs. Kuhn, who makes the study
of Ohio Authors her hebby, drew a
word picture of the' author*-, three
men and three women, tel'ing of i
their birthplace, and their lives ard
the work thev have done. Many of
the places which she described she
High School Gets
Landscaping
Classes of 1940, 1941 Vote
Funds for Shrubbery
Landscaping which was started
on the North Canton high school
grounds last week is being carried
out through the efforts of the classes of 1940 and 1941.
The class of 1940 furnished funds
for the purchase of 32 pieces of
shrubbery to be planted across the
front of the center section of the
scaping across the entire front of
the building, the class of '41 voted
an additional sum of money to supply the rest of the evergreens which
will be planted shortly. Ray Swope
was adviser of the 1940 class and
the officers were James Jester,
president and Jean Berger, secretary. A. J. Schneider is sponsor
for this year's class and the officers are Max Rehrer, president and
Ann Wolf, secretary.
New Officers Installed
Woman's Club
Celebrates Jubilee
Meeting Scheduled for 15th
Changed to Mon., Nov. 18
North Canton Woman's club wiil
hold its regular meeting Monday
evening at the Community Christian church at 8 o'clock instead of
Friday as was originally announced. It will be an open meeting and
guests are welcome to attend the
program which will be celebrating
the Golden Jubilee anniversary of
the Federation of Woman's clubs,
in America.
A silver offering will be taken
during the evening as the club's
contribution to the general federation fund. The program for the evening will be the dramatization
"America Sneaks" by Mrs. Beth
Shorb. She will be assisted by a
quartette composed of Evelyn Chenot, Josephine Brong, Beulah Wis-
mewski, and Genevieve Richards,
Thelma Earl as violinist, and Clar
Dramatic Club
to Present
3-Act Comedy
"Nothing But the Truth,"
First Production of Year
for High School Actors to
Be Given Wednesday Eve.
goods goods were on sale the eaity
goods were on sale the early
part of the week in the Halle store
Mrs. K. E. Sauter and Mrs. Wilbur Howe are co-chairmen of thp
meeting and receptionists are Mrs.
Ralph Young and Mrs. Wilma
Gougler. Mrs. E. J. Cathon is coffee chairman.
Legion Auxiliary
Plans Rummage Sale
Seventy-Six Guests Attend
Annual Armistice Party
Members of the American Legion
, .,,. _ , ._ . . ,, i Auxiliary are planning a rummage
building and also provided for the sale to be held November 26 in Can-
labor in planting the evergreens, ton. Any person who has any ar-
Mr. Horton supervised the planting tides for the sale is asked to brin-*
which was done late la*t w-ek them to the Legion home or to call
In order to complete the land-1 Mrs. Elmer Miller or Mrs. Dan
Roush to have the things collected.
Aiso on November 26, Auxiliary
members will meet at the home of
Mrs. Elmer Miller to sew for the
Red Cfoss.
The County Council will meet at
Louisville November 28, with the
next meeting of the local group
scheduled for the early part of December. A membership of 43 has
been obtained by the Auxiliary,
with five more needed to complete
their quota of 48.
Seventy-six persons attended the
ann-^^^Axmistic^^pot luck d^r"«"•- bet ten thousand dollars that he
wow^r.0^sl^um!ner-Mfs'CIark co^d make money on the stock
nJSL director and accom-1 market by telling nothing but the
*™f _.,., I truth. The bet was to cover-a peri-
The Philanthropic committee will °d of 24 hours and during that time
also start its annual Blind Goods the man, namely Bcb Bennet, -goes
e - *^'-cles ma&e by blind per-1 through a number of tryingexperi-
sons m Ohio at this meeting, put- ences. To make the situation even
j _ arJicles on display. These 'more tense, the money which*, he
_ j ket had been placed in his care to
double for the use of charity.
There are two casts for the play
and the two w**ho will take the-part
of Bennet are Jack Weinhart and
Dick DeMuesy. Norma Dolvin and
Lucille Drukenbrod.will taken the
part of Gwendolyn Ralston, the
lady who gives.Bennet the money.
Other characters, include Van
Duesen, Ralston and Donnelly,
partners in a brokerage. Richard
Claypool and Junior McCue are
Van Duesen, Tom Schick and Bill
Cossaboom as Mr.. Ralston, and
Paul Schwaliie as Donnelly.
l% Sch'emmsr will take the
part of Bishop Doran, Margaret
Livingston and Martha Jean Ober-"'
lin as Ethel Clark, a New York
aristocrat, Jeanre Moore and Mari-
a« IH lps ai ^rs- -Boston, Mari-
!o M*2 and ,Betty Jane. Huprieh
as Mable, and Mary Allen and
Doris Trachsel as Sable, two gold
diggers.
"Nothing But the Truth" is a
well known play which had a successful run on Boadway several
seasons ago.
Mrs. Shorb Speaker at
Junior Woman's Club
and
Gives Review ;of Life
Poetry of Jesse Stuart
Mrs. Beth Shorb.was the guest
speaker at the meeting, of. the
■a%ffwss-sa-s_^^*s[^ffi_«_si_?
building Monday evening. Music
for the evening was furnished by
the German band, and the evening
was spent in group singing, viewing-pictures ot Old Mexico shown
by Mr. Miller and playing games.
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Hi-Y Mambership
Drive to End
Losers Will Treat Winners
To Steak Dinner Monday
Junior and Senior Hi-Y's will
conclude a membership drive next
Monday evening at a joint meeting
when the club gaining the most
new members will be served a steak
dinner by the losers.
The drive was started three
weeks ago and will be cor.cluded at
the Monday meeting. Glenn Galloway, member of the Junior club is
in charge of the contest and Lawrence Bishop, social chairman, will
make arrangements for the dinner.
Saturday evening Hi-Y members
will attend an all county skating
party at the Land "O Dance. It will
be a guest affair and Lawrence
Bishop is in charge of the tickets.
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Harrison to Speak
Charles Harrison, comptroller of
the Hoover Co., will be the speaker
at the meeting of the Canton Industrial club in the Canton Y. M
C. A. Tuesday, Nov. 19. His topic
will be "Office in Industry."
Annual Entertainment Festival Opens Here Friday Evening
Program of Light and Serious Selections to be Presented by Highly Trained Mixed Quartette; Future Presentations
to Include Lecturer, Magician and Three Act Comedy
Musical entertainment of the
songs well known and loved by the
average American audience will be
on the program'to be presented at
the Community building Friday
evening when the Knickerbocker
mixed quartette presents the first
of a series of four entertainments
here.
The singers come highly recommended.for their ability to provide
an evening of excellent entertainment and enjoyment. All of them
have had superior training and
have ably proved themseives capable of blending their voices harmoniously in both light and serious
music.
Season tickets for this performance and "the other three to follow
will be on sale for the last time
Thursday and Friday at the Community building where they will be
exchanged for reserve seat tickets.
Tickets for- single performances
will be on sale only on the evening of the performance at the
door.
' The second group of the series,
which will be presented November
22, will be Max K. Gilstrap, the
whistling ranger who will lecture
on the natural parks in the United
States. Mr. Gilstrap is well suited
to this topic, having'spent several
Knickerbocker Quartette, Opening Feature
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years as a national ranger in the
Grand Canyon National park.
On November 29, Raymond
Scheetz will present his magician
show, using both new and old
tricks in a setting which will baffle
even the most sophisticated audience. He wil be aided by his wife
and an assistant in some of the
more difficult tricks on this program which is one trick after another.
Last on the series of programs
is the Broadway production, "The
Big Pond" to be presented December 6. This is a fast moving comedy designed entirely for enjoyment
without a serious thought in it. It
is the story of an American Heiress, courted by a French courier
and a young American employed
by her father's firm. The tale _ of
the various escapades and the indignation of the father are laughter provoking from begirning to
end. The play has had successful
runs in New York and Chicago and
promises to be equally successful
on this tour. . .
These programs, sponsored oy
the Community building, with proceeds te go to the Band association,
have proved highly entertaining at
other performarces and are deserving of the best support which the
community can offer. -
munity building Monday^evening.
She told the story of how the
Unknown Soldier was chosen for
one part of her program and chose
for her main topic "The Life and
Poetry of Jesse Stuart." Her talk
was in large effect a review of the
book, "Beyond Dark Hills,"- Stuarts
own autobiography. In it she told
of his hard life among -the hills of
Kentucky, how he had to work for
his education and the trouble he
had had in gaining recognition for
the work which he did.
In conclusion Mrs. Shorb recited
some of the poetry which -Stuart
has written and which gained him
nationwide acclaim.
During the business meeting it
was decided to change the time of
the meetings from 8 o'clock to 7:30.
A cabinet meeting will be held
Wednesday evening at the home of
Gertrude Myer in the Park Theatre
building.
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Fire Destroys
Automobile Monday
Blaze Believed to Have Started from Ignition Switch
Fire which was believed to have
started from a short in the ignition
switch destroyed all but the motor
of the automobile of Peter .Lam-
brou early Monday mornirii*r. -
Mr. Lambrou had put the automobile in the garage early Surday
evening. During the night it caught
on fire and was discovered burning
at 1:30 a. m. Mondav. The automobile was hastily nulled out of the-
p-araee and the North Canton fire
department summoned. However
the blaze was well started and little
could be done to save the auto. The
garage was not damaged.
The fire department answered
another call last Friday to a house
owned by Ben Davis and Ira
Downs on the corner of 31st St. and
Root ave. The fire was a small
blaze in the attic which was extinguished before the fire department
arrived.
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Aultman Farmer Faces
Old Murder Charge
Recent Arrest for Theft
Results in Discovery
Jess Thacker, Aultman farmer,
was returned to Raleigh county in
West. Va. Saturday to face-charges
on first degree murder for a crime
committed five years ago.
He came to attention of authorities several weeks ago when he was
arrested on charges" ,of theft in
Stark county. He was later released
but investigation resulting from the
arrest led to his rearrest on the
murder charges.
Raleigh county authorities have
charged Thacker with shooting-
Robert Winston resulting from' a
quarrel over a chicken theft, on
June 8, 1935. Following the shooting Thacker fled the state and is
believed to have come to Stark
county where he has been living ^or
the past five years.
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